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Providing Logistics, Acquisition and Technical Services to the Military and Federal Agencies

November 4, 2013

Vice Adm. Harnitchek became director of the Defense Logistics Agency in November
2011. As such, he is responsible for providing the military services and other
federal agencies with logistics, acquisition and technical services. These services
include logistics information; materiel management; procurement, warehousing and
distribution of spare parts, food, clothing, medical supplies and fuel;
reutilization of surplus military materiel; and document automation and production.

Harnitchek received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Penn State University in 1977 and
was commissioned through the Navy Reserve Officers Training Corps program. In 1987,
he received a master's degree in management from the Naval Postgraduate School,
Monterey, Calif.

Harnitchek has served in a variety of sea tours including two submarines, USS Will
Rogers (SSBN 659) and USS Buffalo (SSN 715); two ships, USS Holland (AS 32) and USS
Proteus (AS 19); and the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). His shore
tours include Commander, Submarine Group 7, Yokosuka, Japan; the Navy Ships Parts
Control Center, Naval Air Station Oceana, Va.; and the Chief of Naval Operations
Staff.